Israel deepens Gaza City assault as Netanyahu visits US
Israeli forces are moving deeper into the city of Gaza on the way to New York to address the United Nations General Assembly of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and US President Donald Trump is making an agreement to end the Gaza War.
Local health officials said that Israeli strikes killed at least 19 people in the Palestinian settlement on Thursday.
11 people from two families in Zawaısda Town in the Gaza Strip, and the planes hit a residential building.
The Israeli army did not comment on the incident, but within the last 24 hours, he had hit 170 targets in Gaza and attacked the “terror infrastructure” used by militant groups to attack the soldiers.
He said that his forces aimed to eliminate Hamas after a deadly attack on Israel in October 2023, but he was deep in Gaza, where he entered as part of an attack that caused a comprehensive destruction, human disaster and widespread hunger.
Netanyahu says Gaza City is the last castle of the Palestinian militant group, but fear that there is no safe place to go, hundreds of thousands of civilians stay there.
The US ambassador Steve Witkoff said that on Wednesday, Washington said he was sure of the breakthrough in Gaza in the coming days after Trump shared a 21 -point Middle East Peace Plan with the leaders of the Muslim majority countries in New York.
Trump also promised Arab leaders that Israel would not allow Israel to annexes the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinians want the West Bank for an independent Palestinian state with Gaza and East Jerusalem.
Netanyahu declared this week that although the United Kingdom, France, Canada and other nations were officially familiar with the Palestinian state, it would never be a Palestinian state.
Some of Netanyahu’s coalition allies want Israel to annex the West Bank.
Israel, European countries and others have been more and more critical of Gaza military siege.
The International Criminal Court issued an order for Netanyahu for alleged war crimes during the Gaza War.
Israel rejects the court’s jurisdiction and refused to reject war crimes in Gaza.
Netanyahu maintained the support of the US, the most important ally of Israel, and Trump said to the UN this week that recognizing the Palestinian state this week rewarded what he calls Hamas persecution and could encourage constant conflict.
Netanyahu is expected to address the General Assembly on Friday and meet Trump next week.
Netanyahu, who left Israel on Thursday, said he would condemn leaders who know the Palestinian state.
He said he would argue with Trump, including the war in Gaza, defeating Hamas and releasing hostages in Gaza since the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023.
Approximately 1200 people were killed in the Israeli attack led by Hamas and 251 were hostage.
About 48 hostages are captivated and 20 of them believe that they are alive.
According to local health officials, Israel’s military campaign in Gaza killed more than 65,000 Palestinians.
Hamas’s armed wing warned the Israeli army that the expansion of his operation in Gaza will put Israeli hostages at risk, and the Israeli army called on the Ghazan residents to “rise and break from Hamas” to end the war.
